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Dyslipidemia and cardiovascular health in childhood nephrotic syndrome

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Children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) are exposed to multiple cardiovascular risk factors predisposing them to accelerated atherosclerosis. This risk is negligible in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome, but a substantial proportion of children with SRNS progress to chronic kidney disease, exacerbating the already existing cardiovascular risk. While dyslipidemia is an established modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults with NS, it is uncertain to what extent analogous risks exist for children. There is increasing evidence of accelerated atherosclerosis in children with persistently high lipid levels, especially in refractory NS. Abnormalities of lipid metabolism in NS include hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia due to elevated apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins, decreased lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase activity, increased hepatic PCSK9 levels, and reduced hepatic uptake of high-density lipoprotein. Existing guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia in children may be adapted to target lower lipid levels in children with NS, but they will most likely require both lifestyle modifications and pharmacological therapy. While there is a lack of data from randomized controlled trials in children with NS demonstrating the benefit of lipid-lowering drugs, therapies including statins, bile acid sequestrants, fibrates, ezetimibe, and LDL apheresis have all been suggested and/or utilized. However, concerns with the use of lipid-lowering drugs in children include unclear side effect profiles and unknown long-term impacts on neurological development and puberty. The recent introduction of anti-PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies and other therapies targeted to the molecular mechanisms of lipid transport disrupted in NS holds promise for the future treatment of dyslipidemia in NS.

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    Pankaj Hari & Priyanka Khandelwal

  2. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    William E. Smoyer

  3. Center for Clinical and Translational Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

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Hari, P., Khandelwal, P. & Smoyer, W.E. Dyslipidemia and cardiovascular health in childhood nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 35, 1601–1619 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-019-04301-y

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